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California Attorney General (AG) Rob Bonta has joined a growing list of people Democratic leaders vow to resist The plans of President-elect Donald Trump and border czar Tom Homan mass deportations.
Last week, Bonta issued new guidelines for courts, health care facilities, universities, schools, employment agencies, public libraries and shelters, requiring state agencies to adopt policies to resist Trump’s “draconian” and “inhumane” actions.
“My office will continue to use the full force of the law and every tool at our disposal to protect the rights of California’s immigrants, and we need staff in these critical places to do the same,” Bonta said. “We cannot let Trump’s deportation machine create a culture of fear and mistrust that prevents immigrants from accessing vital public services.”
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California Attorney General Rob Bonta. (Loren Elliott/Bloomberg via Getty Images)
according to California AG Officethe guidance establishes model policies and recommendations that “guide public institutions in complying with California law limiting state and local participation in immigration enforcement activities.”
“In California, we believe that our public resources such as libraries, hospitals, courthouses and schools should be available to everyone without fear of civil immigration enforcement,” Bonta said during a press event that announce the guide. “The model policies we are issuing on public facilities … provide policy recommendations that can mitigate disruptions to immigration enforcement actions at public institutions.”
The guide refers to state agencies aa Act of 2017 called the “California Values Act” which the AG’s office said, “prohibits state and local law enforcement agencies from assisting with immigration enforcement, with limited exceptions.”
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Migrants are processed by the US Border Patrol near Jacumba Hot Springs after crossing the US-Mexico border on June 13, 2024 in San Diego. (Qian Weizhong/VCG via Getty Images)
Bonta’s guidance includes prohibiting the “unauthorized” collection or disclosure of information that “could indicate the citizenship or immigration status of an individual or family,” as well as establishing a policy to always refer federal officials of law enforcement to a designated person who “shall have the authority.” to respond to requests related to immigration law enforcement.”
“I want to emphasize that the California DOJ is here to protect the safety of immigrants, the liberties of immigrants, and the rights of immigrants,” Bonta said. “Let me be clear, President-elect Trump’s immigration agenda is draconian and his rhetoric xenophobic.”
Bonta, who immigrated to the United States from the Philippines with her parents when she was 2 months old, also called Trump’s deportation plan “fiscally irresponsible.” He called immigrants “the backbone of our nation.”
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A group of adult and child migrants are smuggled across the border between Tijuana and San Diego as they climb the wall to seek asylum in the United States in Tijuana, Baja California, Mexico, on June 7, 2024. (Carlos Moreno/Anadolu via Getty Images)
Kevin McCarthyformer speaker of the House and congressman from California, told Fox News that California politicians like Bonta and Gov. Gavin Newsom are costing California taxpayers huge sums by making the state a “magnet” for illegal immigrants.
“It’s going to give them free health care, I mean, it denies certain things to California citizens, but not to those who come illegally, that’s why we’re going to attract so many and it’s costing us a lot, we have a huge deficit in California,” McCarthy said.
McCarthy said Bonta’s actions are an attempt to “make a name for himself” in Democratic politics despite concerns about illegal immigration and violent crime by illegal immigrants that played a major role in Trump’s recapture of the White House in 2024.
Gov. Gavin Newsom speaks at a news conference where he signed legislation related to oil and gas well oversight and community protections on Wednesday, Sept. 25, 2024, in Los Angeles. (Jason Armond/Los Angeles Times via Getty Images)
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“These attorneys general should take a deep breath, listen to what the American public said and understand that immigration was one of the main reasons why Donald Trump won, and it wasn’t a Republican issue, (it was) Republican and Democrat, too,” he said.
He noted the choice of Nathan Hochman as Los Angeles County District Attorney, who said he was “overwhelmingly elected because we saw crime run rampant.”
“As the attorney general, your job is to protect your citizens. Why wouldn’t you want these gang members, I mean they’re ruthless gang members and they’ve been using the fentanyl drugs that have been killing your children , why wouldn’t you want them out? I would think that would be your job without the president doing it,” McCarthy said. “People want to see something more happen, especially from this attorney general.”
